Sex attacker given four-year term – BBC News
“A man has been jailed for four years for a sex attack on a single mother who killed herself after seeing footage of the attack on a mobile phone.”
BBC News, 19th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: sexual offences
‘Fake penis’ sex attacker jailed – BBC News
“A sex attacker who hid a carrot in his trousers and pretended it was his erect penis has been jailed for 18 months.”
BBC News, 7th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Cartwright – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Restrictions imposed on adducing evidence and cross-examination as to a complainant’s sexual history by section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 continued to apply to trials after the coming into force of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, in respect of offences allegedly committed before that date, even though there was no express saving provision to that effect.”
The Times, 6th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Sex offenders’ mug shots ‘aged’ – BBC News
“A ‘most wanted’ website showing images of sex offenders has marked its first anniversary by posting age-progressed photographs of people it is hunting.”
BBC News, 16th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina v Cartwright – WLR Daily
Regina v Cartwright [2007] EWCA Crim 2581
“The restrictions imposed by s 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 on the calling of evidence of, and cross-examination as to, complainants’ sexual history applied to trials conducted after the coming into force of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, in respect of sexual offences allegedly committed before that date, even though the latter statute failed to contain a saving provision specifically to that effect.”
WLR Daily, 7th November 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Abbot, 80, is jailed for abusing young boys – The Times
“The former Abbot of Buckfast Abbey was jailed yesterday for abusing young boys when he taught Latin at its preparatory school.”
The Times, 9th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Victims of abuse test six-year limit for suing over assault – The Guardian
“Sex attacks in childhood highlight legal loophole.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lesbian tennis coach is jailed for sexual affair with 13-year-old pupil – The Times
“A judge told an elite female tennis coach that she had acted in the interests of her ‘own selfish, sexual ends’ as he jailed her today for two years and nine months for conducting a year-long affair with a 13-year-old pupil.”
The Times, 3rd November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Serial sex offender can stay in UK, judge rules – Daily Telegraph
“A serial sex offender from Sierra Leone has been allowed to stay in the UK after a judge ruled deporting him would breach his human rights.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Tennis instructor found guilty of molesting girl – The Guardian
“A tennis instructor accused of conducting an affair with a girl she was coaching was today found guilty of molesting the student.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sex attacker preyed on women for four years after blunder – The Guardian
“A serial sex attacker who remained free to terrorise women for four years because of a police DNA blunder was jailed for life yesterday. Mark Campbell, 38, from Chichester, West Sussex, was convicted of six attacks, including two rapes, which began in February 1998 and ended in August 2004.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Greater protection against hate and sex crimes – Ministry of Justice
“New legislation which will strengthen the protection to the public from sex offenders and hate crime has been set out in proposals by the Government.”
Ministry of Justice, 8th October 2007
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Mother “knew of tennis prodigy’s affair” – The Times
“The mother of a 13-year-old tennis prodigy discovered that her daughter was having a lesbian affair with her coach but did not report the matter until the girl’s career flagged ten months later, a court was told yesterday.”
The Times, 2nd October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
British police left paedophile free to kill schoolgirl – The Times
“Police were facing calls yesterday for a full inquiry after a suspected paedophile escaped to Australia and murdered an eight-year-old girl.”
The Times, 1st October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sex offender doctors “free to treat patients” – Daily Telegraph
“Eleven doctors are still free to work in the NHS despite being convicted of sex and child pornography offences, The Daily Telegraph can reveal today.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Paedophile sentence under review – BBC News
“The case of a paedophile who sexually assaulted children is to be reviewed by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).”
BBC News, 19th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The elegant businesswoman and her middle-class paedophile ring – The Times
“Monica McCanch presented a well-dressed face of confident respectability to the world. She worked for Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company, in Kent before taking redundancy last year for a new life in Jamaica, where she planned to invest in eco-tourism. Yesterday the past caught up with McCanch, 55, when she pleaded guilty to four offences of sexual activity with a child and one of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child.”
The Times, 14th September 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
4,000 more ‘cold cases’ reviewed – BBC News
“Forensic scientists are to begin reviewing around 4,000 more unsolved sex crimes, the government has said.”
BBC News, 11th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Barrymore will not face charges – BBC News
“Entertainer Michael Barrymore will not face charges over the death of Stuart Lubbock at his former home in 2001.”
BBC News, 10th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Barrymore to answer police bail – BBC News
“Michael Barrymore is to answer bail later after he was quizzed by police over the death of a man found dead by a swimming pool at his former home.”
BBC News, 9th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
